Re: [Talk-us] Proposal to change ref format for county roads in Florida from "(x)" to "CR x"

2010-08-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:17:43 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote:

> Presently numbered county roads in Florida (and New Jersey) are tagged
> using parentheses, for example ref=(535) for County Road 535. The
> reasons for this are essentially a historical accident. I'm proposing a
> semi-automated change from this to ref=CR 535. The present format is
> likely confusing to most users, while the new format would be easier to
> understand and no harder for a renderer to convert to a shield.

I don't see a problem with this.  Be careful, I've noticed some areas 
where the numbers are in () for state routes as well (since most maps 
render state routes with the MUTCD generic state route oval).


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Re: [Talk-us] Proposal to change ref format for county roads in Florida from "(x)" to "CR x"

2010-08-05 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Alan Mintz  wrote:
> I've written perl scripts in the past, but these ad-hoc changes I've done as
> follows:
[snip]

Thanks - this worked perfectly. I've uploaded
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/5406539.

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Re: [Talk-us] Proposal to change ref format for county roads in Florida from "(x)" to "CR x"

2010-08-04 Thread Alan Mintz

At 2010-08-04 05:17, Nathan Edgars II wrote:

...
The steps would be to download a XAPI query of ref=* for Florida and
then to use regular expressions to change the refs. I'm not quite sure
how to do the latter; JOSM doesn't seem to have a find-replace
function. Does anyone have experience with this sort of replacement
and can offer advice?


Yes, a find/replace in JOSM would be cool.

I've written perl scripts in the past, but these ad-hoc changes I've done 
as follows:


1. As you said, download to a file using XAPI. Save a backup copy of the 
file, too.


2. Open the file in JOSM and search for the regex that identifies the 
objects that you will change. Add some tag to them (e.g. foo=bar). This is 
done to add the action=modify descriptor to them. Save the file and close it.


3. Open the file in a text editor capable of regex replacements (e.g. 
TextPad). Search/replace your desired change. The count should match that 
in step 2. Save and close the file.


4. Open the file again in JOSM. Search for foo=bar. You should get the same 
number as in step 2. Look at your tag changes in those objects one last 
time. Remove the foo=bar tag from them. Upload (note the number of changes, 
which should again match step 2) with a meaningful changeset comment. Save 
the file and close.


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Alan Mintz 


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Re: [Talk-us] Proposal to change ref format for county roads in Florida from "(x)" to "CR x"

2010-08-04 Thread Richard Welty

 On 8/4/10 8:49 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Serge Wroclawski  wrote:

We have a long history in the US of well-intentioned bots which end up
causing problems[1].

My question is "Have you run your changes across the data to see what it
actually does and then reviewed the results?"

Yes, I would review the results; what I need however is a way to run
the changes.

i concur with Nathan's proposed change, i think it is warranted.

the review step is important, anyone running bots should have
a quality control plan which includes a timely review and a plan
to rollback the changeset promptly if things go awry. lack of
QC planning has led to some significant damage to the map in
parts of the US (particularly with some of the ill advised
dup removal bots.)

i don't know enough about bot operation to actually answer Nathan's
question, though.

richard


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Re: [Talk-us] Proposal to change ref format for county roads in Florida from "(x)" to "CR x"

2010-08-04 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Serge Wroclawski  wrote:
> We have a long history in the US of well-intentioned bots which end up
> causing problems[1].
>
> My question is "Have you run your changes across the data to see what it
> actually does and then reviewed the results?"

Yes, I would review the results; what I need however is a way to run
the changes.

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Re: [Talk-us] Proposal to change ref format for county roads in Florida from "(x)" to "CR x"

2010-08-04 Thread Serge Wroclawski
We have a long history in the US of well-intentioned bots which end up
causing problems[1].

My question is "Have you run your changes across the data to see what it
actually does and then reviewed the results?"

- Serge

[1] Including my own.

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[Talk-us] Proposal to change ref format for county roads in Florida from "(x)" to "CR x"

2010-08-04 Thread Nathan Edgars II
Presently numbered county roads in Florida (and New Jersey) are tagged
using parentheses, for example ref=(535) for County Road 535. The
reasons for this are essentially a historical accident. I'm proposing
a semi-automated change from this to ref=CR 535. The present format is
likely confusing to most users, while the new format would be easier
to understand and no harder for a renderer to convert to a shield.

The steps would be to download a XAPI query of ref=* for Florida and
then to use regular expressions to change the refs. I'm not quite sure
how to do the latter; JOSM doesn't seem to have a find-replace
function. Does anyone have experience with this sort of replacement
and can offer advice?

I'm sending this proposal to the talk-us mailing list as well as to
individual mappers who have edited recently in Florida. Please discuss
it either on the list or through the OSM messaging system.

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